Thanks Chris! Say, now that I've been thinking about it more, I might go the peacock gudgeon route. Do you think they would do fine with the activity of furcatus and dwarf chain loaches (A. sidthimunki)? If so, how many would you suggest?

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Originally Posted by discuspaul

Great to see you as a member and posting here on TPT, my AC friend.
Your tank looks good - Any fauna decisions made yet ?

Good to see you too paul! Learned a lot already talking with the plant experts here.

Still trying to decide what to add, but I've narrowed it down.

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Originally Posted by lindavon

Awesome driftwood. Did you find it or buy it? Looking good!

Bought it at the LFS here in Gainesville. I love the piece too, except it hasn't sunk on its own yet (hence the rock on top of it right now).

My peacocks we're never shy when I kept them so they should do fine with the loaches and furcatas. I would recommend getting just a couple caves/PVC pipes for them. Lastly, the only challenges I would say would be feeding them but, if I recall, furcatas have smaller mouthes so they should be able to compete. I would go with 4 of them since there's plenty of space, you may even be able to do 6 later on.

Yep, I know there are cheaper glut options but not very comfortable mixing more concentrated chemicals in my apartment right now. I'm ok eating the extra costs right now, and will probably end up buying the 5 gal when I run out of the 500 ml bottle.

Yep, I know there are cheaper glut options but not very comfortable mixing more concentrated chemicals in my apartment right now.

Still can't see the link.

I have a chemical sensitivity problem, yet still managed to mix it. Used a old fert bottle (16oz) that has part on top of cap to pour chem. I did a 16:1 of water:chem. Thus it didn't take log to fill up. Dosage is 10ml daily.

I am not having any problem with the link. I just left click on the blue word.

You must have edited the post then because I can click it now...anyways, I'm well aware of the "rule of thirds" but it's not something I am going to apply to the tank right away. At this point I'm experimenting with a new (to me) lighting system and a fert regime that will take some tweaking. I'm more going to see what all does well and then go from there. I'm not too concerned with creating a perfect aquascape...I just want some healthy plants and a full tank.

As for the glut...may try it in the future, but given the tank size I am perfectly fine going the Excel route right now. Thanks for the mixing link though, will take that into consideration in the future.

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